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Pat B:
I got a phone call today from a friend of an old landscape customer of mine. His house is in a subdivision but his adjoining 7 acs are not(no restrictions). His wife has a 2 ac native plant garden and a "rogue" deer is jumping over or swimming around her 7' tall deer fence and eating everything. He wanted to know if I would come over with my bow and shoot that "rogue" deer. ::)  DAH! YEAH!!!  ::) I will meet him and possibly the game warden(my suggestion) on Saturday morning to scout the property and see what legalities might come into effect. One problem is they rarely see the deer during the day light hours(that's why I suggested the game warden)  ;D 
   Many years ago a friend was poaching on Hilton Head Island, SC. He had his stand in a wooded area(there weren't man homes on HHI then). A nice fat Flossy(doe) walked by and he took the shot. The deer ran off so my friend waited for about an hour and preceded to trail the blood. As he broke from the woods he saw his arrow...sticking up in the deer he shot.....laying in the middle of a beautiful formal rose garden. :o  Getting the deer out of there was way more difficult than the blood trail.  ;D 
   This hunt is what I picture when I think about hunting next to a restricted sub division.  ::)     Pat

JackCrafty:
Last I checked, here in TX we can hunt without a problem on tracks that are 11 acres or more.  The 7 acre track might be too small to hunt on, but the game warden might be able to suggest how to capture the deer in an enclosure and then release it somewhere else.  That's how they handle it in these parts.

Or you can just run over it with one of those high-powered riding lawn mowers. ;D

Pappy:
The only problem is even with a good shot it is likely to get off 7 acs. I have some friends that hunt spots like that,I helped track one that went right across the front yard of an apartment complex. :o
The folks there wasn't to happy with us. >:(At least it died behind the building in a brush pile.We
got it out before the law got there. Tough call but I would probably go for it if it were me. :) you
know ,the bird in the hand thing. ;) :)
   Pappy

DanaM:
Pat find the spot that its getting into the garden and be waiting for it with a little surprise ;D

Pappy:
The fine shot I know you are,you could spine shoot it. :) Wa la no tracking. ;D
   Pappy

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